Look out Domain King this guy says he has a $200 million portfolio

I hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, and hope everyone else is having a pleasant day as well.

Here is one of the more interesting new threads today, a member at Namepros valuing their portfolio at $200 million. It is not a comic thread or parody. Needless to say the thread is well worth your read on a lunch or dinner break.

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I was a lurker back in the day on Ricks board before it went private. This guy brings back memories of a guy that would post similar domains that he claimed were worth a fortune. Anybody recall the one and only HaHa Joe?

That’s fantastic. Perhaps then my portfolio including FantasyFootball.xyz, Multifamily.com, Mesothelioma.xyz, Insurance.wiki, SeriousAccident.com, Pet.club, Florida.club and Education.club is also worth $200M? If so (or anywhere close or not even close), then they are all for sale:).

Either straight comedy, or utter delusion! … Maybe even colusion on your part?
Raymond, why would you even give exposure to such a crappy portfolio with beyond rediculous asking prices ?!
Seller did this for the attention it would garner, and you bit.
You got played!
Or … are YOU actually in on this? Why else would a respected industry veteran give exposure to such SH*T?!!!
And you even used a reference to Rick Schwartz in the title!
Is the joke on you, or your readers?
Either way, a waste of space.

Domain King just posted on Twitter that the gold rush in domain speculation is over, I agree. Definitely hope TheDomains posts a thread on that declaration, probably the most relevant statement on domain speculation in 2017, besides the exposure of nGTLDs and the retail apocolypse this year…

Not sure what he said in the past, but he just posted today, “the gold rush in domains in over. I’m sorry 2 report that the window 4 this “unique opportunity” that I have talked about for 21 years is about OVER. #Domains #Startups #gtld “.

Coming from Rick, that is a notable statement, because I think he realized that a lot of newbies were going to be slaughtered by con artists in domain speculation trying to mimic what he did over the last 21 years. I’m glad he went on record saying its an aftermarket game now, and I would just add that by 2020 the politicos will weaponize WIPO, trademark law, and IRS/SEC regulations. Along with the inevitable SCOTUS decision that will settle to issue of rather domain names are property or contractual rights.

There will be 2nd gold rush between 2018-2020 for those with generic dictionary 1-2 keywords with commercial meaning, but it will be followed by government regulations fueled by trademark holding corporations to squeeze out domain speculators or what they label as cyber-squatters…

I know he didn’t post it as one tweet.
But my interpretation of his statment is the same, we are in an aftermarket game; which means the bar for entry has been raised from where it was 21 years ago. Hopefully, he will elaborate on it further.
I just add, my own thought, that the next stage of domain speculation is development; otherwise, the future regulations will squeeze out domain speculators. My reasoning, is based on a belief that Madison Avenue and Wall Street are going to go on a domain buying spree in 2018-2020, as Walmart just wisely purchased Shoes.com for $9M.

That period will see, major portfolio buyouts of the true domain investors, and once they are bought out, the regulations are going to follow…just something to think about.

The Gold Rush has been over for dot com for a long time now. But, New Yorkers that snatched up great .nyc domaim names will get a huge payday. I don’t know when, but it’s coming. And forget about these past .nyc auctions. New Yorkers not in the domain name industry had no idea about these .nyc auctions.

The claim is something of an extreme example, but it’s almost funny how people can think a domain is so much better than it really is. I remember when I started registering domains in December 1999 and thought up a brand name domain I thought would likely sell for a million or two. To date I’ve only had one inquiry.

I would value those domains at $0. They are not horrible, but not worth anything. That does not mean he would not sell any of those domains ever, but I doubt the sales would cover the renewal fees of the portfolio. Also, 2 of those domains use trademarks, so in addition he could get sued:
Tvguidemojo.com- $1,000,000
Webmdmojo.com – $4,600,000

I know the prices are over the top. But, those who are maligning and ridiculing him (her), think again. Most domainers won’t sell their names for a less than a percentage of their asking prices, if at all.

Since I left that domain forum a lot of WANNABES started to copy my Unique Marketing Strategy!! LOL FOLLOW THE LEADER AKA ME!! 😀

Its time for me to make a great come back to that domain forum to teach all wannabe newbies how to get free attention from the domain forum Trolls! ahahahahaha But, since I left that domain forum I focused on perfectioning my hand regging and the results are beyond my own expectations.

My advise to all, stay the hell out of that domain chat! 😀 A lot of trolls, haters, spammers, fraudsters and scammers out there. And focus on registering more quality domains. But if you like to argue and start non sense discussions in domain forums and domain chats, that’s fine, but you will get Mega Crappy portfolios just like this guys 200 MINION Bananas! LMAO! That guy live in the Minion world, that’s why his Mega Crappy domains worth that much crap! Hahahahahahahaha!

Since I purchased my first domain in 1999 and travelled down this pathway ever since there has been one formula for domain name valuation. I have wrote articles over the past but would like to pinch an excerpt from my friend Ali Zandi from Starfire Holdings who just sold freedom.com for $2M ‘Quote/Unquote ”If you had a focus group, and you asked them “Which domain name sounds like the biggest, most trustable, honest, and reliable company?”. Which one do you think they would pick?
1. Flowers.com
2. JoeAndDelilahsFlowerStore.com
3. iDeliverRoses.net
I guarantee that 100% of the focus group would say “Flowers.com, duh”. Now, why is that? Because a domain name is more than just a web address you can buy for a few dollars on GoDaddy. It is that big retail store that gets all of the foot traffic. It’s that full page ad in the paper. It’s that company that is so easy to remember that everyone shares it with their friends, and nowadays, it’s also what delivers trust in search engines when someone is looking for your product.
If I google “buy flowers online” and one of the first five search results is from Flowers.com, you can bet your bottom dollar that domain name is going to receive my click. “But, buying a premium domain name is expensive”. To that I say… I know. But you know what is more expensive? Advertising”… “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear” If the member feels his portfolio is at $200M then I will alter our new development of https://pinup.com to $50M!!